Beauty and the Berners

Let's make your dog happier and healthier by making this easy, 5-ingredient slow cooker recipe. Follow the instructions below and let me know how your dog likes it! Superfood Slow Cooker Recipe Ingredients: 🐄 3 lbs. ground beef (or protein of your choice) 🐔 4 oz. chicken livers 🥗 4 oz. fresh kale 🫚 1 Tbsp tumeric ♟️1/4 tsp black pepper Directions: 1. Place all the ingredients in a crockpot or instant pot, then cook on low for 3-4 hours 2. Once cooked, break up and stir thoroughly until food...

I really messed up Reader. Let me explain. Last week on my YouTube community tab, I posted a survey asking what breed you'd like me to compare next to the Bernese. In my head, I thought the Newfoundland won. So I created a whole video comparing the appearance, personality, grooming tips, health, exercise and training of these two gentle giants. Only to realize as I was editing the video that the St. Bernard actually won (screenshot for proof). 🤦♀️ I felt like a total idiot! But as they say in...

Hey Reader!I forgot how exhausting it is to have a puppy! Writing this on Monday morning, I’m sucking down my Starbucks and hoping it keeps me alive until lunchtime. This weekend we babysat a 12-week old Bernese Mountain Dog puppy named Harper. I know I’m biased, but they don’t get much cuter or sweeter (I mean, just look at that face!). To be honest, I’m already missing those puppy snuggles. Harper on her weekend car ride What I’m not missing? The potty breaks every 10 minutes, or getting up...

It's been 72 days since Charlie had his last seizure - I hope I didn't just jinx it. The first couple nights after he has one my husband Andrew and I don't sleep at all. We're on edge, listening for every little noise and movement. It's exhausting. But as the weeks go by, we fall back into our normal routine and almost forget he ever had one. We're never sure how long we're going to get in-between episodes, and we're grateful for each day that he doesn't have one. And it's hard because...

Hi Reader, “My dogs are my kids.” Why does that sentence garner so many looks of pity and serious eye rolls as soon as soon as you turn your back? It’s 2024, and yet women who don’t have a human kid by their side are still questioned, labeled and found wanting, especially by other women. Let’s just imagine for a second that there may be an incredibly legitimate reason that a woman doesn’t have a child by her side. Perhaps she was born sterile. Maybe she was raped and chose to have an...

Hi Reader, In case you missed it, this past Wednesday’s poll on my LinkedIn profile was all about your biggest objections to feeding your dog a raw diet. And the results were split - it's either too difficult or too expensive. Which are both completely valid concerns! In today’s edition of the Beauty and the Berners newsletter, I’m going to give you some practical tips for raw feeding your furry companion in ways that won’t break the bank. If you'd rather watch than read, I have a short...

Hi Reader! Are you overwhelmed by the variety of dog food options, believing that feeding your fur baby is a daunting task best left to big pet food corporations? Think again! What if I told you that ensuring your dog’s health and happiness can be as easy as a few simple steps? In a world cluttered with conflicting advice, let’s cut through the noise and get to the heart of the matter. Feeding your dog a raw diet doesn’t have to be complicated. It can actually be summarized in just two to...

Happy Tuesday Reader, Dogs and movies…two things I loved growing up. All my life I feel like I’ve been searching for a way to combine these two topics into something that I can really connect with others who love them too. You see, I’m an introvert who loves nothing more than to lose herself in a good fairytale, or snuggle up to my two Bernese Mountain Dogs. And then it hit me! What if I created a show that talked about both? And that’s exactly how the Beauty and the Berners Podcast was born!...

Have you ever felt so helpless you just wanted to give up? Or so defeated you didn’t know what else to do but cry? Or how about so tired it took everything you had just to get a load of laundry done? Well that’s how I felt for 6 months after we brought home our first Bernese Mountain Dog puppy in January 2014. Why did I feel this way? Because this puppy had liquid diarrhea (I’m talking water) for 6. Months. Straight. No lie. This dog did not have a normal, solid poop until he was 9 months...